While preserving the original look of your pasted text can be important in some situations, it’s a safe bet that most Word users simply want to paste the text itself, without its special formatting. This ensures that the pasted text more accurately reflects the font, size, and color used in its original location. Unfortunately, it also means that your Word document can end up looking like a mess, especially if you paste text from different sources. When you paste text from a PDF, web page, or application into a Microsoft Word document, the default behavior is to paste the text with its original, or source, formatting. How to Paste Text Only By Default in Microsoft Word
